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Leveraging human-machine teaming to identify and protect high value cultural assets in Far North Queensland
World-heritage Aboriginal rock art dating back thousands of years is one step closer to being re-discovered for the first time thanks to drone, artificial intelligence (AI) and mapping technology carried out by KJR, WYAC and partners.
WYAC
Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation (WYAC) governs the land on Quinkan Country where this project is located. WYAC is integral to the projects success in navigating rock art sites for continued data capture. Local Ku-Ku Yalanji rangers have undergone drone certification training to assist the project’s technologists and archaeologists document re-discovered rock art inaccessible by foot, which will help increase awareness of additional sites and advise the preservation of West Yalanji culture.
Goal
The goal is to develop a digital platform for documenting rock art utilising various technologies:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Hover mapping
- Drone imagery & flight mapping
- Ai vision & geospatial modelling
- Data management and model training
Objective
With aim of achieving the project objectives:
- Collection and Storage
of digital assets with High Cultural value
- Training
of Indigenous rangers to up-skill members of the local community in tech industries highly sought after in a commercial market.
- Automation
of site discovery and capture process
- Sovereign Capability
Future application
In addition to the re-discovery of sites using drone and hover mapping to preserve culture this project potentiates economic growth for the region and West Yalanji people.
Applying the skills developed and data captured into different industries will increase local employability and contribute to the scaling of technological and economic growth in regional and remote areas of Australia.
- virtual tourism
- eco-tourism
- agricultural management
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Partners
KJR, Trusted Autonomous Systems and several leading technology QLD based companies have joined forces to deliver this project on Quinkan Country in Far north Queensland.
Athena AI
Emesent
Flyfreely
Griffith University
Maxus AI
World of Drones Education
